There’s a chance your Chinese made KN95 respirator doesn’t protect you from COVID-19 afterall

NEWARK, N.J. – A Chinese manufacturer was charged today with producing and exporting to the United States in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic over 140,000 misbranded and defective masks that falsely…

Trenton Man Charged For Trying to Burn Police Car During Trenton Protest

TRENTON, N.J. – A Trenton man was charged today with attempting to ignite a marked police vehicle during the recent violent outburst in Trenton following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis,…

Morris County Chabad Shows Support for Law Enforcement

BOONTON, NJ – The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office received a visit from Rabbi Levi Dubinsky, director of the Chabad Jewish Center, serving Mountain Lakes, Boonton and Denville. Rabbi Dubinsky brought a gift…

2 Whatcom County men charged in fentanyl drug distribution scheme

SEATTLE, WA – Two Bellingham, Washington, residents made their initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Seattle following their arrest May 28, 2020, for distributing fake oxycodone tablets tainted with fentanyl,…

Murphy Announces All-Star Team of Corporate Executives Tasked With Developing Reopening Strategy

TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today signed an executive order creating a commission charged with advising the administration on the timing and preparation for New Jersey’s recovery from the COVID-19 shutdown. The Governor’s Restart and Recovery…

Feds Seize Internet Domain Being Sold for COVID-19 Fraud

PHILADELPHIA, NJ – Immigration Customs and Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia obtained a warrant Friday authorizing seizure of coronaprevention.org following an…

ICE Joins America’s Fight Against COVID-19 Fraud

WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced Wednesday the launch of Operation Stolen Promise to combat COVID-19 related fraud and other criminal activity. The operation intensifies…

Coronavirus Scam: Man Tries to Sell VA 250 Million PPE Masks He Didn’t Have

Christopher Parris, a 39-year-old Atlanta, Georgia resident, was arrested today and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia with fraud for attempting to sell millions of nonexistent respirator masks to…

Jersey Woman Sent to Prison for Enslaving Sri Lankan Immigrant

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Hudson County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 70 months of prison for her conviction on charges of forced labor, alien harboring for financial gain, and marriage…

In Burlington County, Man Finds Out 14 Year Old Girl Was Actually Undercover Cop

Somerset County Man Charged with Trying to Arrange Sexual Encounter with Detective Posing as a 14-Year-Old Girl Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 29-year-old South Bound Brook man was arrested…

Fourth Leader Sentenced to State Prison in Connection with Credit Card Fraud Scheme in which Millions Were Stolen from Banks

TRENTON –Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a fourth leader was sentenced to state prison today in connection with an elaborate fraud scheme in which the participants used fictitious identities to obtain…

ICE, police arrest 21 during 3-day Kansas City operation to combat human trafficking

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Independence (Missouri) Police Department, arrested 21 individuals between Nov. 12 and 14 during an undercover operation to combat human trafficking…

ICE investigation leads to denaturalization of convicted war criminal who fraudulently obtained US citizenship

Defendant concealed that she had murdered 6 unarmed civilians and prisoners of war during the 1990s Balkans Conflict WASHINGTON — On March 1, Judge Marco A. Hernandez of the U.S. District Court for…

ICE Indicts 19 Involved in Chinese “Birth Tourism” Operation

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Following the arrests this morning of three defendants who allegedly operated “birth tourism” outfits that catered to Chinese clients, federal authorities today unsealed indictments that charge a total…

Three Illegal Aliens Arrested, Trafficking Two Kilos of Meth in North Carolina

GASTON, NC-On Monday, January 7, 2019, the Gaston County Police, along with several local, state and federal agencies, completed a large scale narcotics investigation. Three suspects were taken into custody after being…

ICE Arrests 105 Illegal Aliens in New Jersey After Murphy Police Directive

NEWARK, N.J. —Less than a week after New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced a statewide directive aimed at police officers in the state to cease working with the U.S. Immigration and…

New Jersey Business Owners Charged for $5 Million Food Stamp Fraud Scheme

NEWARK- An Essex County, New Jersey, couple and their son have been charged for their respective roles in a food stamps fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. Juan Perdomo, 59,…

Point Pleasant Man Admits to Planning Bomb Attack to Support ISIS

by OAG, NJ TRENTON– A Point Pleasant, New Jersey, man today admitted that he planned to construct and use a pressure cooker bomb in New York on behalf of the Islamic State…

AG: Jersey Elementary School Teacher Hid Camera in Boys Bathroom

From the Office of the Attorney General TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a former Vineland elementary school teacher who was a stage manager for a summer theater camp was…

Ocean County Election Computer Network Free of Vulnerabilities

TOMS RIVER – With the state Gubernatorial Election just days away, Ocean County is making certain its computer network is secure from cyber compromise for the upcoming election. “The Ocean County Clerk…

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